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Roses like full sun, or at least 6 hours per day.  To make sure they have good air circulation, they should be spaced about 3 feet apart.

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Roses do best with deep watering, at least a few times a week in the summer.  There are fine in extreme heat is they are watered thoroughly. Roses growing in sandy soils will require more water than clay soils.  You can use a moisture meter or dig down a few inches in the soil to determine whether the roses are dry.

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Roses need regular fertilizing, about 1/2 cup of rose fertilizer every 6 weeks during the growing season.  Adding a few inches of a wood chip mulch will help conserve moisture around the roots.

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It's hard to kill a rose plant with inept pruning.  It is best to prune in early spring, after nighttime frosts are over and when the leaf buds begin to swell (getting larger and redder).

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Roses have been cultivated for thousands of years, with the earliest historical documentation around 500 B.C, found in the Mediterranean countries, China and Persia.

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Roses have been cultivated for thousands of years, with the earliest historical documentation around 500 B.C, found in the Mediterranean countries, China and Persia.

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There are more than 350 species of roses, with flower sizes ranging from about a half of inch to about 7 inches.  Most of the rose species are ornamental roses and have been hybridized from about 10 roses.  There are also miniature roses plants about 12 inches tall and climbing rose plants about 20 feet tall.

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Rosa Californica is a native rose bush that grows in chaparral and woodlands. It can withstand drought, but prefers moister soils. The rose hips provide food for animals during the winter

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The name of Rose was at its most popular usage in the United States in the year 1908 when almost 1% of girls born were named Rose.

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The name of Rose was at its most popular usage in the United States in the year 1908 when almost 1% of girls born were named Rose.

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Rose hips encase the rose seeds.  The hips are rich in Vitamin C and are frequently used in herbal teas, jams and even in fruit brandies. Birds also eat the hips and then spread the seeds as they fly and poop.

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Rose hips encase the rose seeds.  The hips are rich in Vitamin C and are frequently used in herbal teas, jams and even in fruit brandies. Birds also eat the hips and then spread the seeds as they fly and poop.

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Roses grown from seeds are not like their mother plant which is why roses are usually grown from root cuttings or grafts.

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Roses have prickles (not thorns).  Their purpose is to hang over other vegetation when growing atop.  To a lesser degree, it reduces animal munching, but not of deer!  

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Roses have prickles (not thorns).  Their purpose is to hang over other vegetation when growing atop.  To a lesser degree, it reduces animal munching, but not of deer!  

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From Gypsy

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Patti Lupone - "Everything's Coming up Roses" (LIVE)

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O my luve's like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June;
O my luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.
As fair art, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

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What's in a name?
That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.

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Lyrics and melody by Edith Piaf

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To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick (1648)

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To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick (1648)

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.

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To compare, this graph shows the popularity of the name Lisa, at its height in 1965 with 3.3% of Americans naming their daughter Lisa (in red) and the name of Ariel (in green), with its most popular usage at .267% in the year 1991.  (The movie The Little Mermaid was released in 1989 and forever sullied the Shakespearean source of the name.)

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Salvador Dali, 1958